but -- what better way than to send out susan rice who knows nothing? she can't possibly make a mistake. she can't possibly reveal information inadvertently? think of the risk of putting hillary clinton out there who actually knew what happened. lou: that raises the question, where was the secretary of state? where was the head of the national security council? where was the national security adviser? where was david petraeus for crying out loud? >> you know, what general petraeus would say in congress is going to be very important because there is one major question, a lot of the answers of your not kidding, what was the assessment of the obama administration of the area where there consular was? there's a big difference. if this was an area as secure as iceland or waziristan. time confident that there were cables that said there are ten training centers for militias around that location. so i would like to know if the administration basically perceived the location is dangerous there for what were the measures and therefore when the attack occurred, t